Nymet Rowland
Nymet Rowland is a small village, and parish of the same name, in central Devon, England, north of Dartmoor. It takes part of its name from "Nymet", the old name for the nearby River Yeo. It is located just to the west of Lapford and south of Nymet Bridge, within the Mid Devon local authority area. Historically it formed part of Winkleigh Hundred; today the North Tawton hundred. It falls within the Cadbury Deanery for ecclesiastical purposes.Description
Nymet Rowland has a 15th-century church. Traces of the 12th-century church remain in the S. doorway, and in the crude font.History
Nymet Rowland achieved brief prominence in the 1870s as the home of the Cheritons, a farming family living under primitive conditions whose lifestyle caused national outrage.
